Report: Giants expected to hire Pat Shurmur as head coach

Report: Giants expected to hire Pat Shurmur as head coach

It’s not yet official and won’t be until after the Minnesota Vikings are either eliminated from the playoffs or win the Super Bowl, but when that point is reached, the New York Giants are expected to hire offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur as their next head coach.

Shurmur was one of six candidates to interview for the Giants’ vacant head coaching position, joining Steve Spagnuolo, New England Patriots coordinators Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia, Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Steve Wilks and former Denver Broncos assistant Eric Studesville.

Patricia, who was reported by many to be the Giants’ No. 1 choice originally, is expected to join the Detroit Lions. McDaniels is drawing interest from both the Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans.

Shurmur was also generating interest from the Arizona Cardinals.

Shurmur has been in the league for almost two decades. He spent time as the Philadelphia Eagles’ tight ends and offensive line coach (1999-2001), as well as their quarterbacks coach (2002-2008).

Shurmur was then hired by the St. Louis Rams to be their offensive coordinator (2009-10), and was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns (2011-2012) for two seasons.

He later returned to the Eagles to be their offensive coordinator (2013-2015), and even served as the interim head coach during the 2015 season.

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Shurmur has been with the Vikings since serving as the tight ends coach in 2016 and interim head coach for a part of the season. He was the offensive coordinator in 2017, leading the 11th-ranked offensive in total yards per game (356.9) and the 10th-ranked offense in points per game (23.9).

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